Slices of Life

Since the last Saturday of the month is tomorrow it's just about time for Share 4 Somethings with Jenn. As always we're sharing some things we loved, some things we learned, some things that went well, and some things we let go of .  Some things I've loved: It feels like overnight everything just exploded into bloom. We are seeing so much green and our flowers are starting to bloom. I am just loving it!    May 1st may 14th! We also celebrated Ian's 21st birthday this month (a bit late since his birthday is really at the end of April- but the end of April was really busy). I loved having the whole family together.   I had a really lovely fabulous mother's day weekend that I loved.  (I wrote about the whole weekend here if you're interested) . A highlight was taking both the moms out for mother's day dinner.   Some things I've learned: My mom showed us all this bird call app she uses on her phone and we used it a time or two while hiking. It's so nea...

 Instead of an overnight trip this year, my husband and I decided to spend last Sunday in Mystic. We're heading out on a vacation to Acadia soon and with our anniversary falling on Memorial Day weekend we didn't want to have to fight the crowds driving anyplace too far.  Mystic is about an hour an away from us and while we've taken the boys to the Mystic Seaport a time or two we had never gone by ourselves as adults. We enjoyed exploring the Nantucket Whaling museum (our trip here) and figured it would be just as much fun to explore this living history museum dedicated to preserving what life was like in an old new England seafaring town.  It was a chilly, cloudy day so I added a light jacket over my sweater and wore comfy sneakers since I knew we'd be walking a lot.    The museum grounds cover 19 acres right along the Mystic river and we explored just about every museum building they had open-- and we only saw a handful that were actually closed on this Sunday ...

It's the last Wednesday of the month and that means it's time for What's Up Wednesday. It feels like May flew right by! We aren't often very busy this time of year but this year it felt like we had plans nearly every weekend... I'm not complaining though as we've had lots of fun. What We're Eating: Burgers and hot dogs with BBQ Macaroni salad, corn on the cob and salad  Pulled pork shepherd's pie-- a new recipe I'm inventing on the fly after seeing this listed on a restaurant menu.   Chicken & Sundried Tomato Orzo one dish with salad Egg salad BLT Sandwiches (or plain BLT for those that don't eat egg salad) with french fires and salad Grilled chicken with roasted vegetables and cheesy grilled potatoes  What I'm Reminiscing About: My husband and I celebrated 24 years of marriage this past weekend; gosh it seems so hard to believe that much time has passed by already!  What I'm Loving: I've been feeling so creative; I made a bun...